2021 World Men's Curling Championship

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2021 World Men's
Curling Championship
2021 World Men's Curling Championship
Host cityCalgary, Canada
ArenaMarkin MacPhail Centre
DatesApril 2–11, 2021
Winner Sweden
Curling clubKarlstads CK, Karlstad
SkipNiklas Edin
ThirdOskar Eriksson
SecondRasmus Wranå
LeadChristoffer Sundgren
AlternateDaniel Magnusson
CoachFredrik Lindberg
Finalist Scotland (Mouat)
« 2020 (cancelled)
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The 2021 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2021 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons)[1] was held from April 2 to 11 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Canada. The event was originally to be held in Ottawa,[2] but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the championship was moved to Calgary.[3] The event was held in a bio-secure bubble at Canada Olympic Park, which also hosted all major Curling Canada championships leading up to the Worlds (including the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, which determined Canada's entrant). All events were held behind closed doors with no spectators.[4][5]

The 2021 championship fielded the largest number of teams in the history of the event, with fourteen total. Niklas Edin, skip of Team Sweden, and his third, Oskar Eriksson, won a record fifth career World Championship. The team, which also consisted of Rasmus Wranå and Christoffer Sundgren, won a record third straight championship. They defeated Team Scotland, skipped by Bruce Mouat in the final, 10–5. With the game tied at 5 in the ninth end, Edin made a double take out with the last rock of the end to score five.[6] Down by 5 with just one end to go, Team Scotland then conceded the game. Switzerland, skipped by Peter de Cruz, won the bronze medal.[7]

The championship served as one of two qualification events for curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The National Olympic Committees representing the top six finishers at the tournament qualified directly to the Olympic tournament. In order of ranking, this included Sweden, Great Britain, Switzerland, the ROC, the United States, and Canada. The remaining teams that had qualified for the 2020 or 2021 World Championships competed in the World Curling Federation's Olympic Qualification Event in December 2021 for the remaining three spots.[8]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

On April 9, the World Curling Federation announced that a positive COVID-19 test had been recorded by a player on a non-playoff team, and that the second qualification match between the United States and Switzerland would be therefore be postponed.[9] The World Curling Federation postponed all games scheduled for April 10 due to additional positive tests involving a member of a playoff team.[10] There were three initial positives from players on non-playoff teams who were tested as part of the exit protocols, and four close contacts were also identified.[11][12]

On April 11, following approval by Alberta Health Services (AHS), the World Curling Federation announced that play would resume, with all remaining games being played throughout the day. One playoff team member who had been fully vaccinated initially tested positive, but later tested negative and was cleared to participate in the playoffs.[13][10] Enhanced biosecurity protocols were mandated for the remainder of the tournament, including additional tests before and after each game, and requiring masks to be worn on-ice.[14] Canadian broadcaster TSN pulled its camera crew for the U.S./Switzerland match, and announced that the game would not be televised due to unspecified "COVID-19 issues"; the game was still broadcast via the WCF host feed.[14]

On April 12, all four tests were deemed false positives following an extensive review by health authorities.[15] Team USA third Christopher Plys announced on Twitter that he was the playoff-bound curler who had tested positive.[16]

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship:[17][18]

Pursuant to a December 2020 ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Russia is prohibited from competing under its flag or any national symbols at any Olympic Games or world championships through December 16, 2022, and must compete neutrally.[19] The World Curling Federation listed the Russian team as the abbreviation "RCF", for the Russian Curling Federation.[20]

Means of qualification Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Canada
Americas 1  United States
Europe 8  Sweden
 Switzerland
 Scotland
 Denmark
 Italy
 Norway
 Germany
 Netherlands
Pacific-Asia 2  South Korea
 Japan
World Rankings 1 RCF
2020 World Qualification Event[18] 1  China
TOTAL 14

World Ranking

The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.[21]

Member Associations Rank Points
 Sweden 1 89.020
 Canada 2 75.980
 United States 3 71.029
 Switzerland 4 65.196
 Scotland 5 52.059
 Japan 6 44.118
 Norway 7 40.392
 South Korea 8 35.343
 Italy 9 34.461
 Denmark 10 24.520
RCF 11 19.412
 Germany 12 18.578
 China 13 18.358
 Netherlands 14 16.951

Teams

The teams are as follows:[22]

 Canada  China  Denmark[23]  Germany  Italy
Saville Community SC, Edmonton

Skip: Brendan Bottcher
Third: Darren Moulding
Second: Brad Thiessen
Lead: Karrick Martin
Alternate: Marc Kennedy[24]

Harbin CC, Harbin

Skip: Zou Qiang
Third: Tian Jiafeng
Second: Wang Zhiyu
Lead: Xu Jingtao
Alternate: Han Peng

Gentofte CC, Gentofte &
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Fourth: Mikkel Krause
Third: Tobias Thune
Skip: Mads Nørgård
Lead: Kasper Wiksten
Alternate: Oliver Rosenkrands Søe

Baden Hills G&CC, Füssen

Skip: Sixten Totzek
Third: Marc Muskatewitz
Second: Joshua Sutor
Lead: Dominik Greindl
Alternate: Klaudius Harsch

Torino-Pinerolo CC, Pinerolo &
Aeronautica Militare

Skip: Joël Retornaz
Third: Amos Mosaner
Second: Sebastiano Arman
Lead: Mattia Giovanella
Alternate: Fabio Ribotta

 Japan[25]  Netherlands[26]  Norway[27] RCF[28]  Scotland[29]
Tokoro CC, Tokoro

Skip: Yuta Matsumura
Third: Tetsuro Shimizu
Second: Yasumasa Tanida
Lead: Shinya Abe
Alternate: Kosuke Aita

CC PWA Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer

Fourth: Wouter Gösgens
Skip: Jaap van Dorp
Second: Laurens Hoekman
Lead: Carlo Glasbergen
Alternate: Tobias van den Hurk

Oppdal CC, Oppdal

Skip: Steffen Walstad
Third: Torger Nergård
Second: Markus Høiberg
Lead: Magnus Vågberg
Alternate: Eirik Mjøen

Adamant CC, Saint Petersburg

Skip: Sergey Glukhov
Third: Evgeny Klimov
Second: Dmitry Mironov
Lead: Anton Kalalb
Alternate: Daniil Goriachev

Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh

Skip: Bruce Mouat
Third: Grant Hardie
Second: Bobby Lammie
Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.
Alternate: Ross Whyte

 South Korea[30]  Sweden[31]  Switzerland[32]  United States[33]
Uijeongbu CC, Uijeongbu

Skip: Jeong Yeong-seok
Third: Kim Jeong-min[a]
Second: Park Se-won[a]
Lead: Lee Jun-hyung
Alternate: Seo Min-guk

Karlstads CK, Karlstad

Skip: Niklas Edin
Third: Oskar Eriksson
Second: Rasmus Wranå
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Daniel Magnusson

CC Genève, Geneva &
Interlaken CC, Interlaken

Fourth: Benoît Schwarz
Third: Sven Michel
Skip: Peter de Cruz
Lead: Valentin Tanner
Alternate: Pablo Lachat

Duluth CC, Duluth

Skip: John Shuster
Third: Chris Plys
Second: Matt Hamilton
Lead: John Landsteiner
Alternate: Colin Hufman

WCF ranking

Year to date World Curling Federation order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event. Rankings based on the 2019–20 season.[34]

Nation (Skip) Rank Points
 Canada (Bottcher) 4 347.979
 Scotland (Mouat) 5 343.005
 Sweden (Edin) 8 304.836
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 9 289.136
 Japan (Matsumura) 16 202.961
 United States (Shuster) 19 181.864
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 28 133.398
 Italy (Retornaz) 30 130.346
 Norway (Walstad) 32 129.878
 China (Zou) 42 106.111
RCF (Glukhov) 44 102.341
 Germany (Totzek) 88 52.322
 Denmark (Nørgård) 122 33.972
 South Korea (Jeong) 275 7.268

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC
 Sweden Niklas Edin 11 2 1–0 102 63 59 48 8 13 89% 21.83
RCF Sergey Glukhov 11 2 0–1 103 73 60 47 3 18 83% 24.41
 United States John Shuster 10 3 – 93 75 55 50 5 11 84% 33.89
 Canada Brendan Bottcher 9 4 1–0 96 75 55 49 12 17 86% 21.02
 Scotland Bruce Mouat 9 4 0–1 95 68 56 48 8 15 87% 19.36
 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 8 5 – 90 72 57 51 6 12 85% 18.25
 Italy Joël Retornaz 7 6 1–0 78 64 46 46 13 13 84% 32.15
 Norway Steffen Walstad 7 6 0–1 91 77 59 50 10 13 82% 25.43
 Japan Yuta Matsumura 6 7 – 74 85 45 54 5 8 83% 36.91
 Germany Sixten Totzek 4 9 – 81 92 50 58 6 11 80% 53.87
 Denmark Mads Nørgård 3 10 – 69 95 44 56 6 9 77% 59.96
 Netherlands Jaap van Dorp 2 11 1–1 66 99 47 53 2 9 81% 33.15
 South Korea Jeong Yeong-seok 2 11 1–1 53 110 39 55 8 4 78% 33.75
 China Zou Qiang 2 11 1–1 58 96 47 56 4 7 80% 42.55
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Country Canada China Denmark Germany Italy Japan Netherlands Norway Scotland South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States Record
4  Canada — 6–5 7–5 9–6 7–4 8–5 7–6 6–4 7–8 9–6 9–10 7–9 4–6 10–1 9–4
14  China 5–6 — 6–5 4–8 4–7 6–7 2–10 5–9 6–10 1–10 8–5 3–5 4–9 4–5 2–11
11  Denmark 5–7 5–6 — 6–8 4–10 6–10 14–5 6–7 4–7 2–7 4–3 1–9 9–8 3–8 3–10
10  Germany 6–9 8–4 8–6 — 3–9 5–8 5–7 8–6 4–6 8–9 12–5 4–8 5–8 5–7 4–9
7  Italy 4–7 7–4 10–4 9–3 — 2–5 8–4 10–3 7–8 2–7 7–1 6–7 4–3 2–8 7–6
9  Japan 5–8 7–6 10–6 8–5 5–2 — 7–5 2–10 5–10 3–6 10–7 2–7 5–8 5–10 6–7
12  Netherlands 6–7 10–2 5–14 7–5 4–8 5–7 — 4–7 5–8 4–9 4–5 4–10 4–8 4–9 2–11
8  Norway 4–6 9–5 7–6 6–8 3–10 10–2 7–4 — 6–8 6–7 9–2 9–8 10–5 5–6 7–6
2 RCF 8–7 10–6 7–4 6–4 8–7 10–5 8–5 8–6 — 9–2 9–3 7–8 2–8 11–8 11–2
5  Scotland 6–9 10–1 7–2 9–8 7–2 6–3 9–4 7–6 2–9 — 11–4 5–6 7–4 9–10 9–4
13  South Korea 10–9 5–8 3–4 5–12 1–7 7–10 5–4 2–9 3–9 4–11 — 2–10 3–9 3–8 2–11
1  Sweden 9–7 5–3 9–1 8–4 7–6 7–2 10–4 8–9 8–7 6–5 10–2 — 7–8 8–5 11–2
6  Switzerland 6–4 9–4 8–9 8–5 3–4 8–5 8–4 5–10 8–2 4–7 9–3 8–7 — 6–8 8–5
3  United States 1–10 5–4 8–3 7–5 8–2 10–5 9–4 6–5 8–11 10–9 8–3 5–8 8–6 — 10–3

Round-robin results

All times listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).[35]

Draw 1

Friday, April 2, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
RCF (Glukhov) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 X 8
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Jeong) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7
 Denmark (Nørgård) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 6
 Canada (Bottcher) 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 9

Draw 2

Friday, April 2, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 X 5
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Jeong) 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X X X 3
RCF (Glukhov) (has hammer) 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 X X X 9

Draw 3

Friday, April 2, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Nørgård) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X X X 2
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 X X X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 5
 Canada (Bottcher) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 X 4
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 7

Draw 4

Saturday, April 3, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 8
 Germany (Totzek) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 X X 9
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Bottcher) 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 X 7
 Denmark (Nørgård) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 X 5

Draw 5

Saturday, April 3, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
RCF (Glukhov) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 4 0 0 1 0 2 2 X X X 9
 South Korea (Jeong) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5
 United States (Shuster) 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7

Draw 6

Saturday, April 3, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 5
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X X 5
 Denmark (Nørgård) 0 4 0 5 1 0 4 X X X 14
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 9
 China (Zou) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 5 X X 11
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 4

Draw 7

Sunday, April 4, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 X X X 9
 Germany (Totzek) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Bottcher) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
RCF (Glukhov) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 10
 Japan (Matsumura) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 5

Draw 8

Sunday, April 4, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 6
 Canada (Bottcher) (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 4 1 1 0 1 3 X X X 10
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Nørgård) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 8
 Norway (Walstad) 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 9

Draw 9

Sunday, April 4, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
 United States (Shuster) 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 2
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
RCF (Glukhov) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 6
 Germany (Totzek) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4

Draw 10

Monday, April 5, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 6
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
RCF (Glukhov) (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 X X 10
 Japan (Matsumura) 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 X X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1
 Canada (Bottcher) (has hammer) 0 3 1 1 5 0 X X X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Nørgård) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6

Draw 11

Monday, April 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 10
 Canada (Bottcher) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 8
 Norway (Walstad) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 3 2 0 2 1 0 2 X X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4

Draw 12

Monday, April 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 X X X 8
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Nørgård) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 1
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 2 1 1 0 4 1 X X X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 X X X 8
RCF (Glukhov) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 8
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 9

Draw 13

Tuesday, April 6, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 3 X X 10
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Jeong) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 5
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X X X 2
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 2 1 1 2 0 4 X X X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
RCF (Glukhov) (has hammer) 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 11
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 8

Draw 14

Tuesday, April 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 8
 Denmark (Nørgård) (has hammer) 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 3
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Bottcher) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 X 7
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 1 X 10
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 5

Draw 15

Tuesday, April 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Bottcher) (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
 China (Zou) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 X 7
RCF (Glukhov) 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 3 2 X X X 10
 South Korea (Jeong) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 2

Draw 16

Wednesday, April 7, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Norway (Walstad) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 5
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 X 10
 Denmark (Nørgård) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 7

Draw 17

Wednesday, April 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 X 7
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 9
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 2 0 5 0 1 1 X X 10
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Bottcher) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 7
RCF (Glukhov) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 8

Draw 18

Wednesday, April 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Bottcher) 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 7
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Nørgård) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 9
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 5
 Germany (Totzek) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 5 X 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 7

Draw 19

Thursday, April 8, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
RCF (Glukhov) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 8
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 7
 Japan (Matsumura) 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 4
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Germany (Totzek) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 X 8

Draw 20

Thursday, April 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
 Japan (Matsumura) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 2
RCF (Glukhov) (has hammer) 1 1 0 4 0 3 X X X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Nørgård) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X X X 3
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 X X X 8

Draw 21

Thursday, April 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 X X 9
 South Korea (Jeong) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 X X 9
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 X 8
 Germany (Totzek) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Walstad) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 4
 Canada (Bottcher) (has hammer) 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 6

Draw 22

Friday, April 9, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 7
 Norway (Walstad) 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 6
 Canada (Bottcher) (has hammer) 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Nørgård) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 X X X 4
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 2 0 0 3 0 4 1 X X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 X X 9
 China (Zou) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X X 4

Draw 23

Friday, April 9, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
RCF (Glukhov) 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 X 7
 Denmark (Nørgård) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 X X 8
 South Korea (Jeong) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X X X 2
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 3 0 2 1 1 0 X X X X 7

Playoffs

Qualification games Semifinals Final
1  Sweden 11
3  United States 6 6  Switzerland 3
6  Switzerland 7 1  Sweden 10
5  Scotland 5
2 RCF 3
4  Canada 3 5  Scotland 5
5  Scotland 5 Bronze medal game
6  Switzerland 6
2 RCF 5

Qualification Game 1

Friday, April 9, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Bottcher) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 5
Player percentages
 Canada  Scotland
Karrick Martin 90% Hammy McMillan Jr. 98%
Brad Thiessen 75% Bobby Lammie 90%
Darren Moulding 79% Grant Hardie 91%
Brendan Bottcher 89% Bruce Mouat 96%
Total 83% Total 94%

Qualification Game 2

Sunday, April 11, 11:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 6
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7
Player percentages
 United States  Switzerland
John Landsteiner 83% Valentin Tanner 95%
Matt Hamilton 68% Peter de Cruz 80%
Chris Plys 81% Sven Michel 81%
John Shuster 74% Benoît Schwarz 84%
Total 76% Total 85%

Semifinals

Sunday, April 11, 4:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 3 X X 11
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X 3
Player percentages
 Sweden  Switzerland
Christoffer Sundgren 73% Valentin Tanner 97%
Rasmus Wranå 84% Peter de Cruz 80%
Oskar Eriksson 91% Sven Michel 77%
Niklas Edin 91% Benoît Schwarz 69%
Total 85% Total 80%
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
RCF (Glukhov) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
Player percentages
RCF  Scotland
Anton Kalalb 84% Hammy McMillan Jr. 80%
Dmitry Mironov 74% Bobby Lammie 95%
Evgeny Klimov 78% Grant Hardie 93%
Sergey Glukhov 75% Bruce Mouat 92%
Total 78% Total 90%

Bronze medal game

Sunday, April 11, 9:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
RCF (Glukhov) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5
Player percentages
 Switzerland RCF
Valentin Tanner 99% Anton Kalalb 71%
Peter de Cruz 96% Dmitry Mironov 83%
Sven Michel 89% Evgeny Klimov 78%
Benoît Schwarz 83% Sergey Glukhov 74%
Total 92% Total 76%

Final

Sunday, April 11, 9:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 X 10
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Player percentages
 Sweden  Scotland
Christoffer Sundgren 93% Hammy McMillan Jr. 86%
Rasmus Wranå 86% Bobby Lammie 74%
Oskar Eriksson 92% Grant Hardie 94%
Niklas Edin 85% Bruce Mouat 76%
Total 89% Total 83%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Final round robin percentages

Leads %
Sweden Christoffer Sundgren 92.1
Switzerland Valentin Tanner 91.9
Scotland Hammy McMillan Jr. 91.7
Canada Karrick Martin 90.7
China Xu Jingtao 89.4
Seconds %
Sweden Rasmus Wranå 89.3
Canada Brad Thiessen 86.7
Dmitry Mironov 85.5
Italy Sebastiano Arman 85.4
Scotland Bobby Lammie 85.4
Thirds %
Sweden Oskar Eriksson 89.1
Scotland Grant Hardie 86.2
Italy Amos Mosaner 84.7
Canada Darren Moulding 83.5
United States Chris Plys 83.4
Skips %
Canada Brendan Bottcher 85.2
Scotland Bruce Mouat 85.1
Sweden Niklas Edin 84.5
Sergey Glukhov 82.0
United States John Shuster 81.1

Perfect games

Minimum 10 shots thrown

Player Team Position Shots Opponent
Lee Jun-hyung  South Korea Lead 14 RCF
Grant Hardie  Scotland Third 14  Denmark
Sebastiano Arman  Italy Second 20  China
Brendan Bottcher  Canada Skip 12  United States
Christoffer Sundgren  Sweden Lead 12  Denmark
Tetsuro Shimizu  Japan Third 18  Denmark
Amos Mosaner  Italy Third 16  Norway
Bruce Mouat  Scotland Skip 18  Italy
Valentin Tanner  Switzerland Lead 16  China
Christoffer Sundgren  Sweden Lead 10  Japan

Awards

The awards were as follows:

Collie Campbell Memorial Award

Notes

  1. ^ a b Team South Korea made a lineup change after Draw 6. Second Kim Jeong-min moved to third and third Park Se-won moved to second. They kept this lineup for the remainder of the tournament.

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